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Oct. 26 1926.

1,604,206 E. E. TIL'roN FIGURE TOY Filled Feb. 1. 192e ATTORNEY Patented Get. 26, 1925.

inmate PATENT OFFICE.

EARL E. Tridion, 0E EELMAR, NEW JERSEY.

EIGURE TOY.

Application filed February This invention relates to wheeled toys, and particularly to a figured toy mounted for movement which is imparted to the ligure through the rotation of the Wheels of the toy; and the said invention furthermore includes a novel figure comprising sections joined together whereby grotesque movement of the ligure and the sections thereof may result as the toy is drawn over a support as a floor, sidewalk or the like.

It is an object of this invention furthermore to produce a toy of the character indicated which can be manufactured expeditiously and comparatively inexpensively, and in which the joints or couplings between the sections of the ligure are `of durable structure.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a toy embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view through the toy on a line corresponding with the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

Figure l illustrates an enlarged detailed sectional view of the connection between the base and the lower element of the ligure of the toy.

ln these drawings 5 denotes a suitable body or platform which may be ornamented by the representation of a dog or the like as indicated at 6, and the said platform has an element 7 preferably a light rope, wire or the like, connected to its front end by which the toy can be propelled; and the said platform is furthermore provided with an aperture 8 near its rear end for a purpose which will be presently explained.

Suitable front wheels such as 9 and rear wheels 10 support the platform and any suitable axles 11 may be provided, on which the front wheels are mounted, the said axles being secured in brackets 12 attached to the 1, 1926. Serial No. 85,246.

under surface of the platform. The axle 13 for the rear wheels 10 has a cra-nk or throw 14 located under the aperture 8 of the platform and this crank is intended to engage the beveled edge 15 of a lin or rib 16 that projects through the aperture 8.

A. base 17 is connected to the platform by pivots or hinges 18, and the said fin 16 depends from the base through the aperture 8 into the path of travel of the crank so that as the rear axle 13 rotates, the crank will ride on the camming surface of the iin or rib and elevate the same to oscillate the base 1i'.

The base, in the present embodiment of theinv'ention, comprises superimposed plates 19 and 2O that may be secured togetherin appropriate way as by fastenings 21, and the said platform has recesses 22 and 23 formed therein constituting seats for posts suoli as 24a, which posts are formed of coiled wire anchored in place by a pin 26 which serves to anchor the posts in the base. By reason of the fact that the posts are formed of coiled wire they yield to a certairr extent and yet produce sufficient rigidity to prevent collapse or undue oscillation of the ligure with respect to the base during its gyrations.

Coils 27 and 28 are secured on the posts by the pin 26 and they extend upwardly a suitable distance beyond the posts and are anchored in recesses such as 29 in the lower member 30 of the ligure. The lower mem ber also has a seat or recess 31 in its upper end, in which a spring 32 is anchored, the spring 32 being extended through an aperture 33 of the middle section 34C of the figure corresponding to the torso of a body. The spring 32 projects above the intermediate section of the figure and is anchored in an aperture 35 of the top section 36 of the iige5 ure which simulates the head of a body. Suitable arms 37 may be secured to the intermediate section of the figure by studs or pivots 38, and preferably the frictional contact between the parts just described is such leo that the arms may be adjusted to different positions and caused to ret-ain those positions by reason of the said friction, although this is a detail of construct-ion which may be changed to suit particular requirements. loa- As a description of the operation of the parts of the device has been stated in connection with a description of theelements, a

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l. In ziigured.v toy, a base, a support on which the bese is movably mounted,resilientrrr posts secured to the baseV andrrisinggthere-g from, resilient supports carried by the base and enoirclingthe resilient posts, a sectionl-L.'

al ligure connected to und supported by the resilient supports, and meansfor imparting movement to the base.

2. In a figured Ltoy, a bese comprising superimposed strips secured together, the said base haring recesses forming seats, resilient posts inthe seid seats, means betiveen the sections of they base 'engaging the posts Jfor holding,` them in the seats, resilient elements'secured tefandl projectingzibove the posts, sectionalY figure" connected .tof and supported by the resilient elements, V and niezin's :for imparting 'movement L`to Athef'bfise.

3. In figured toy, base comprising` superimposed strips s'eeuifed" A together, the sid Vbaseliuving recesses Vforming seats, resilient posts in the said seats, inezinsbe.- tween 'the sections of the base engaging4 the postsi'or' holding: them iii the seats, resilient elementsV 'seeured to and projecting above the posts, a sectional figure connected vto'and supported by the resilient elements, a meniber projecting from the base having a calnmingv surface, e shaft having a' crank engngiiigithe said cammingsurface for moving the"base,nd means-for imparting rotary motion to the crank.

Ll. In a figured toy, a buse comprising superimposed strips secured together, the sei'dbase having` recesses forming seats, iexihle posts anchored in the recesses of the base, resilient elements secured to the posts, a ,sectional -figure supported,byrsaidresilient elements, `ind means' fol* imparting` oscillatory movement to the base. i

5,'In u figured toy', a b21se comprising superimposed strips secured together, the seid base having reicessesfforniing seats, resilient.posts'in the `sind seats, meensbetween the sections .et the base", engagingjthe p estes for holding tl'iein in the sets, resilient elementssecure'd to and` projecting labove the posts, :i sectional` ligure `Connected to `and suiiipoi'ted bygfthezresilient elements, the said figure comprising vsections,one of '.Wliich is sur t sfu-ing anchored to ythe .last'nientioned' section und 'con nectir'ugy the'otlier sections there to wherebyV resilient joints areV formed betiveenlthe said section sx E. TILTON.

rtedfby ythe re'silientmembers, and` a t 

